Wichita eagle., 1887-09-14
TAKING IN TIE CITY.
Prominent Visitors hap roned and shown
Some OF the Local Wonders.

The grand jury of the United States court
| now setting in Wichita is composed OF gen.
tlemeot resident in other portions Of the
state, with two exceptions, which suggested
the idea to Mr. g. NJ Dickson, the secretary
| and manager of the city street railway lines,
| to initiate the extension of the line, just
| completed to the stock yards, by giving the
| gentlemen mentioned complimentary ride
over Il e new line in the first car run upon it,
and at the same time afford them an
opportunity of taking in the stock yards.
Accordingly an invitation to that effect was
extended the jurymen through Mr.. A. 81.
Deming, member of that body. The invi
tation was accepted and yesterday afternoon
when they had finished their days labors,
the party boarded Topeka avenue car that
bad been provided, and in less than half an
hour were brought up safely in front of the
immense sheds.
Here they were met by s. d. Hardaway,
manager of the stock yards, and by him con
Quoted around and through and over the
yards and sheds and then through
t magnificent hotel in course of
construction by the stock yards company
close by. The extent and character Of the
stupendous enterprise have been detailed in
these columns but recently and will not be
repeated now futber than to say that few of
the citizens OF Wichita have any conception
of the immensely of this enterprise which is
now almost ready to begin operations.
Seven or eight acres of ground does not ap-
pes to be large area with nothing upon
it, but when enclosed and covered in under
one continuous roof and divided and
subdivided into apartments for feeding, cor
rails, avenues for transferring stock from
one part Of the enclosure to another and
chute s for loading stock into the cars; in
s hort providing ample room for housing sew
nteen hundred had of cattle and five thou
sand head of hogs at one time, and all this
cons ructed in the best and most substantial
manner, forming an interest unexceled in
extent al d appointments by any similar
plant in the west it looks big.
The hotel is designed and constructed with
view not only to accommodate an almost
unlimited number Of guests in the hotel de-
floors, but also the company'S business offices
on the first floor, which is divided into COM
partments for the use of brokers and COM
mission men as offices.
The visitors were greatly surprised at the |
m agnitude of this great enterprise, and |
we're more than pleased with what they saw
of the city and the clever tr. atment |
they received at the hands Of the public |
spirited gentlemen who planned for their en-
tertainment as well.
The party was composed OF l. p Couch,
sheriff, and JAS Hutchinson, county superin-
,endent of Harper county, and members of
The federal grand jury viz: J. P. Atkinson,
brennan. OF Cherokee county, David Powell
If Sedgwick, Geo. W. Watson and 8. j.
Moore of Chatauqua, w. 81. Passmore
IT Shawnee, Thos. j. Foster of Harper, Thos
)verfield of Montgomery, T. A. Smith
md j. G. Polster of Chero-
Zee, George NJ. Gorham of Lyon.
". V. McConn, of Pratt editor Iuka Trav-
ler), Sam Wo dson, of Cowley, A. N. Dem
og, Of Sedgwick, r. Roberts, Geo. Brig
am and c. A. Butterfi I'D, of Elk, C. c.
'wayze, OF Neosho, and R. J. Culver, of
ireeley, editor Of the paper at Horace
After returning from the stock yards the
'arty were taken to Davidson park and
hence to their lodgings. Today they will
xplore the plant of the Crystal Ice company
n the West Side, and will continue the
ounds as long IS they remain in the city.